Combined toy and confection holder



March 4, 1941. v PIZZARELL] 2,233,640

COMBINED TOY AND CONFECTION HOLDER Filed July 18, 1938 I NVENTOR. 15 10 VICTOR PJZZARELLI ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 4, 194-1 UNlTED sTA'rss FATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to a confection holder and in particular is directed to an improved holder which by itself may be used as a toy.

Many confections, such as candy, ice cream,

frozen ices and the like are manufactured with supporting sticks embedded therein.

The exposed: portions of these sticks serve as convenient supports or holders for the confections as they are eaten. When the confections are consumed the holders ordinarily are thrown away.

Several attem' ts have been made to construct these holders of such form and function that they may be used as toys. It is the object of the present invention to provide an improved confection holder having distinct novelty as a toy.

Another object is to provide a combined con fection holder and toy which may be readily and economically manufactured.

Another object is to provide a toy having distinctive educational features.

In general the invention is directed to a blade or paddle-shaped holder, cooperatively connected to a gripping piece. When the gripping piece is firmly held, the paddle may be rapidly twirled back and forth to present the opposite faces of the paddle. By marking the faces of the paddle with views of various objects in difierent positions relative to each other, a motion picture effect is produced when the paddle is thus manipulated.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions which will appear in the detailed description thereof in connection with the accompanying drawing. In the drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my device with one face of the blade marked with birds in flight.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of said device with the opposite face of said blade turned upward showing the change in Wing position of the birds marked on the first face.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional View through the gripping piece on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional View through the blade and the brake of the gripping piece on the line 4 l of Figure 1.

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view through the blade and the brake of the gripping piece on the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional View through the gripping piece and a fragmentary portion of the blade on the line 6-6 of Figure 1.

(Cl. id -4*?) Fig. '7 is an exploded perspective View of the unmarked device of Fig. 1 showing the gripping piece and the paddle.

Fig. 8 is an exploded perspective view of a modified form of the invention, showing the 5 gripping piece and an unmarked paddle.

Fig. 9 is a cross sectional view through the brake on the gripping piece on the line 9-4] of Figure 8.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a confection 10 mounted on the device illustrated in Figure 1.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The paddle or blade II with upper face I2 and lower face iii is made of thin wood, or 15 pressed board or other suitable material. The end of l I is tapered to form a twirling end 14. A gripping piece it: of wood or pressed board or metal, or other suitable material is constructed so as to permit firm and easy holding of the 20,

device while H is twirled.

The blade H, as shown in Fig. '7, is provided with corner notches or recesses l6 and Il. Gripping piece !5 is provided with a projection 18 which acts as a brake arm thereby preventing free spinning of H. Notches l6 and H are designed to accommodate the brake It.

In assembling the device, elements H and I5 are fitted together as shown in Fig. 1. An axial pin 19 is used to connect II and I5. The head 2| of the pin it is embedded in l5 by pressure and the remainder of the head portion of the pin covering piece I5 is securely embedded there-in by means of a plurality of staples 22. The portion of the pin l9 covering the blade II is bent at 23 and the bent end 24 is forced through [2 and I3. The end 24 is then securely turned down and embedded in I3.

As illustrated in Fig. 10 the device when used for supporting a confection 25 such as ice cream, frozen ices or the like is mounted as usual in the confection art. When 25 is eaten the support may then be used as a toy.

This is accomplished by gripping 15 in one hand and imparting a back and forth motion to blade I l by manipulation of M. Since the blade I l is rigidly connected to the pin 19 which is free to move in its depression of IE, twirling of I 4 will cause blade H readily to move when I5 is kept stationary.

If the device is held initially as illustrated in Fig. 1 brake it engages notch I6 thereby preventing movement of the blade toward the player. Blade II must therefore be twirled in the opposite direction. The latter movement is limited to substantially 180 by the blocking effect of l8 on the other notch H. The motion of the blade is then reversed and continued until the blade is now stopped by the brake l3 catching the notch l6.

The markings on I 2 and I3, as illustrated, show a scene of birds in flight with respective changes in wing position. By constant backward and forward manipulation of I 4 faces l2 and I3 alternately appear, thereby producing a realistic moving picture effect of a flock of birds in flight.

The modified form of my invention, as illustrated in Fig. 8, comprises a blade made of the same material as blade I I. It is provided with a twirling end 3|. The blade 30 is cooperatively joined to a gripping piece 32 by means of an inserted axial pin 33. The pin 33 is centrally embedded between the faces and the edges of the blade 30.

The blade 30 is provided with corner notches 34 and 35. The gripping piece 32 is provided with a projection 36 which acts as a brake thereby preventing free spinning of 30. Notches 34 and 35 are designed to accommodate the brake 36.

This form of the device may be readily assembled by firmly embedding pin 33 in elements 30 and 32. The opposite faces of the blade may be marked in the same way as the corresponding faces of II. On twirling blade 30 in the manner described for the first mentioned form, a similar motion picture effect is produced.

In either form of my invention it is possible to construct the brake projections on gripping pieces integrally therewith. The brake arms made of suitable material may be separately formed and attached to the gripping pieces in a suitable manner. It is also possible to dispense with the corner notches of the blade, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The blade may be marked by printing, decalcomania, or in any other suitable fashion with various views of animals or other objects in changed position of motion. It is possible to issue a series of devices dealing for instance, with mechanical, zoological, ornithological, ethnological subjects, whereby they may be collected for educational or recreational purposes.

I claim:

1. A confection holder comprising in combination: a paddle; a flat gripping piece; an axial pin fastened to the paddle; a. projection on the gripping piece to limit rotation of the paddle on said axle; and corner portions on the paddle which prevent movement thereof beyond the said projection.

2. A confection holder comprising in combination: a paddle; a gripping piece; an axial pin embedded between the faces of the paddle and the faces of the gripping piece for cooperatively associating the paddle with said gripping piece; a projection on said gripping piece for limiting rotation of the paddle; and corner portions on the paddle which prevent movement thereof beyond the said projection.

3. A confection holder comprising in combination: a paddle; a gripping piece; an axial pin embedded between the faces of the paddle and the faces of the gripping piece for cooperatively associating the paddle with said gripping piece; a projection on said gripping piece for limiting rotation of the paddle; and corner portions on the paddle which prevent movement thereof beyond the said projection; the faces of said paddle being provided with views adapted to produce a 1 motion picture eifect oscillated.

when the paddle is VICTOR PIZZARELLI. 

